IPL 2024: Record-breaking Hyderabad seal victory over Bengaluru

The second-highest ever total in Twenty20 cricket, the highest-ever total in Indian Premier League history, the most number of boundaries (fours and sixes) scored in a single IPL match (81) and the highest aggregate of runs scored (549) in T20 cricket.

Just a few of the records set in what was an incredible Monday night for the batters of both teams and a night to forget for the bowlers of both sides as well. But Sunrisers Hyderabad got the better of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru to emerge victorious by 25 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in the 2024 IPL.

Put in to bat first, Hyderabad batters Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma blasted 108 runs in the opening partnership. Head would go on to score his first IPL century off 39 balls while Sharma was an able partner in his knock of 34 off 22 balls. Heinrich Klassen’s half-century along with cameos from Abdul Samad and Aiden Markram helped Hyderabad post yet another record total of 287/3.

The chase began well for the home side with an 80-run partnership between openers Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli. But impact substitute Mayank Markande silenced the Chinnaswamy crowd with the wicket of Kohli for 42 off 20 balls. Du...

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